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Crossville residents won’t be seeing an increase to property taxes. The upcoming fiscal year budget includes of 59-cent property tax rate. Mayor James Mayberry said that rate will be the same as fiscal year 2017-2018. “Anything that we can do that will help keep the property taxes low and provide the services that the citizens long for is a good ... Read More »

A State Comptroller investigation report released Thursday has questioned travel and comp time of former Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency executive director Luke Collins. Comptroller investigators have noted three problems related to the former executive director’s travel claims. Collins allegedly claimed he attended meetings in Nashville and Washington D.C., but documentation obtained by investigators did not support those claims. As ... Read More »

A referendum allowing liquor stores in Livingston will be up for a vote on June 6. Citizens for Progress Chairman Ralph Robbins created the original petition. He said passing the referendum would generate tax revenue to the city. “Every town around us except for one has a package store,” Robbins said. “We’re losing a lot of tax revenue going out ... Read More »

Two people escaped injuries when their vehicles caught fire on Highway 70 West in Putnam County Wednesday. 19-year-old Hugh Harris of Elmwood now facing a charge of failure to exercise due care. The Tennessee Highway Patrol said Hughes occupied a 2017 Kia Optima that slammed into the passenger side door and fuel tank of a tractor trailer turning right onto ... Read More »

One person suffered injuries during a Thursday morning house fire in Crab Orchard. Cumberland County Fire Department officials said a mobile home caught fire on Chestnut Hill Road. Officials said three people escaped the home and a fourth person had to be transported to Cumberland Medical Center for treatment of burns. That persons condition not known at this time. Crews ... Read More »

The November election ballot will not include a referendum seeking to overturn a Cookeville City Council rezoning ordinance. A group opposing the rezoning on West 9th and North Franklin Avenue failed to gather more than 2,000 signatures needed to place the referendum on the ballot. Putnam County Election Administrator Debbie Steidle said Wednesday that the group turned in between 400 and ... Read More »

A Putnam County crash has closed Nashville Highway between Sullins Hollow Road and Medley Amonette Road. Officials at the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office have asked drivers needing to travel in the area to seek additional routes. The closure may take hours to clear due to the nature of a crash. Read More »

TBI has launched an investigation of a fire-related death in Jackson County last Friday. Officials responded to a residential fire on McCoinsville Road. Crews found the homeowner, Solomon Stanley Minder, 71, dead within the house. TBI officials said the investigation remains active and ongoing. Read More »

The Cumberland Adult Reading Council (CARC) is looking to increase its number of students and tutors. Executive Director Mary Coates said growing the program is one of her biggest priorities as the new director. “I think there is a big need because, let’s face it, if you can’t read, it’s really difficult to be successful,” Coates said. Coates said sometimes ... Read More »

The Tennessee Division of Forestry opened a new $1.2 million facility in Crossville Wednesday. Tennessee Department of Agriculture Commissioner Jay Templeton said the facility is a major improvement not just for the department, but for Cumberland County. “We’re very pleased with it,” Templeton said. “Just the improved capacity that we have here is tremendous.” Templeton said the new facility houses ... Read More »